ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 19. The volume of investments in fixed capital in Kazakhstan amounted to 9.7 trillion tenge (about $20.1 billion) from January through August 2024.
The data obtained by Trend from the country's Bureau of National Statistics showed that this figure increased by 0.1 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2023.
The Zhetysu region (an increase of 34.6 percent), Kyzylorda region (28 percent), Pavlodar region (27.1 percent), Turkestan region (25.6 percent), and Almaty region (23.5 percent) saw significant growth.
Additionally, there was a decrease of 33.3 percent in the Akmola region, 29.4 percent in the Atyrau region, 15.4 percent in the Mangystau region, 13 percent in the Aktobe region, 6.2 percent in the Abay region, and 4.7 percent in the West Kazakhstan region.
The primary sources of investment financing remain business entities' own funds, whose volume amounted to 6.6 trillion tenge (about $13.7 billion), or 67.8 percent of the total volume.
Budget funds accounted for 18.5 percent of the total investment in fixed capital, but compared to the same period in 2023, they increased by 26.2 percent.
The banking sector's contribution to financing the real sector of the economy is 3.6 percent of the total volume of fixed capital investments.
In addition, the main share of investments in fixed capital from January through August 2024 falls on industry (40.5 percent), including mining and quarrying (22 percent), the manufacturing industry (9.5 percent), real estate transactions (20 percent), transport and warehousing (18 percent), and agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (4.7 percent).
Meanwhile, the volume of investments in fixed capital in Kazakhstan exceeded 18 trillion tenge (about $40 billion) in 2023. Investments in fixed capital increased by 13.7 percent in real terms compared to 2022 figures.